The Rainy-Day Book Club is a collection of family-friendly books recommended and reviewed twice monthly by Robin Rivers.
MAY 2008 GEMS:
Check out our review of Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey and The Adventures of Mother West Wind’s Children by Thornton Burgess HERE
APRIL 2008 GEMS:
Check out our review of The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed, illustrated by Jim LaMarche, and A Lot of Otters by Barbara Helen Berger HERE.
Check out our review of Miss Rumphius, written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney, and Most Beloved Sister, by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Hand Arnold HERE
MARCH 2008 GEMS:
Check out our review of Discover The Seasons and The Alaska Mother Goose HERE
Read our review of A Pod of Orcas and Waiting for Whales by Sheryl McFarlane HERE
FEBRUARY 2008 GEMS:
Check out the review of The Life of a Broad Bean by Clare Hibbert and At Grandpa’s Sugar Bush by Margaret Carney and Janet Wilson HERE.
Check out our review of Whole World illustrated by Christopher Corr with a CD sung by Fred Penner and Fly Like a Butterfly by Shakta Kaur Khalasa HERE.
JANUARY 2008 GEMS:
With a nod to fun, cultural board books, read our review of Yum Yum Dim Sum by Amy Wilson Sanger and A Magical Day With Matisse by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober HERE.
Exploring the outdoors is made even more fascinating with wonderful books including A Log’s Life by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Robin Brickman and Salmon Forest by David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis. Read the review HERE.
DECEMBER 2007 GEMS:
Discover the wonders of Arctic culture, creatures and climate through Snow Amazing by Jane Drake and Ann Love, art by Mark Thurman and Arctic Stories by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, illustrated by Vladyana Langer Kykorka. We reviewed these great books HERE.
Some classics will simply live on, from generation to generation, including The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, which we reviewed for readers HERE in early December.
NOVEMBER 2007 GEMS:
While looking for classic Christmas tales with a modern twist, we fell in love with the Toot & Puddle tale Let It Snow by Holly Hobbie and the cult classic The Snowman by Raymond Briggs which for the first time was published with words this holiday season. We reviewed them for readers HERE.
Local authors often struggle to get their great work scene by the masses. We discovered two true West Coast gems while going local with our reading in November. We reviewed Timmy the West Coast Tug by Jeremy Moray, illustrated by Dee Gale as well as Salmon Boy by Donna Joe, illustrated by Charlie Craigan HERE.
OCTOBER 2007 GEMS:
Monsters kicked off our first Rainy-Day Book Club review when we discovered A Field Guide to Monsters: Googly-Eyed Wart Floppers, Shadow-Casters, Toe Eaters, and Other Creatures by Johan Olander.
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April 15, 2008 at 11:00 am
Looking for a paperbook (do not have the title)of short stories for children, one of the short stories is called a Robin for A Day. Do you have any idea?